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Jakarta (AFP) April 21, 2008Greepeace called for a moratorium Monday on the expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia's rainforests and peatlands, warning that soaring world demand is creating an environmental crisis. It said a two-year investigation into the health of the country's rainforests and peatlands showed "wholesale" destruction driven by demand from food, cosmetic and biofuel companies. "Given the ... more Hannover Messe 2008: Experts To Outline Potential Of Alternative Fuels 
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2008The rising price of gasoline and concern about greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are bringing fuel efficiency to the forefront in Germany. Fuel efficiency and alternative fuels will be topics of an expert panel at the Clean Moves Exposition during the Hannover Messe on April 23, 2008 at 10:30am. Alternative fuels are playing a significant role in reducing auto emissions. Research is developing ... more Biogas Production Is All In The Mixing 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 22, 2008Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm waste treatment. Anaerobic digesters employ reactors that use bacteria to break down organic matter in the absence of oxygen. They are studying ways to take "the smell of ... more Biotechnology Is Accelerating The Evolution Of Advanced Biofuels 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Biotechnology is delivering solutions to rapidly rising demand for both food and biofuels through improvements in current biofuel production, commercialization of cellulosic and other advanced biofuels, and increased production of food and energy crops on existing land. Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial and Environmental Section, released the following statement ... more Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar 
Paris (AFP) April 20, 2008Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor. Billions have been poured into developing sugar- and grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to help wean rich economies from their addiction to carbon-belching fossil fuels, the overwhelming source of man-made global warming. Heading ... more |
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Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Apr 15, 2008An agreement between POET and the City of Sioux Falls will allow methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for an ethanol production facility near Chancellor, S.D. Replacing a portion of the natural gas at POET Biorefining - Chancellor's with methane from the landfill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs for the ethanol plant while ... more New Small Scale Ethanol Plants Using Highly Efficient Waste 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 15, 2008A state of the art waste to ethanol process was recently introduced by Diversified Ethanol Corporation, a clean tech provider. Diversified Ethanol designs and builds small scale, modular ethanol plants that utilize existing waste as feedstocks which can be converted into ethanol. For example, using their proprietary technology, breweries, beverage recycling and food processing facilities ... more EU defends biofuel goals amid food crises 
Brussels (AFP) April 14, 2008The EU Commission on Monday rejected claims that producing biofuels is a "crime against humanity" that threatens food supplies, and vowed to stick to its goals as part of a climate change package. "There is no question for now of suspending the target fixed for biofuels," said Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. "You can't change a political ... more Verenium Announces Start-Up Of Its Demonstration-Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Verenium has announced that it has achieved a key development milestone with its demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Jennings, Louisiana with commencement of the transition to "startup" phase. With this phase of the project now effective, the site has been electronically energized and the turnover of individual systems to start-up and operating teams has begun so that the function ... more Money Doesn't Grow On Trees, But Gasoline Might 
Amherst MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. Reporting in the cover article of the April 7, 2008 issue of Chemistry and Sustainability, Energy and Materials (ChemSusChem), chemical engineer and National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awardee ... more |
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Menlo Park CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Legislation proposed in Europe and the US to boost the carbon savings of biofuels could deal a crippling blow to European biofuel producers. Under current carbon certification proposals, nearly half of biodiesel and half of bioethanol capacity in the region are threatened. Today, SRI Consulting (SRIC) published its new Carbon Certification of Biofuels Report providing the first comprehensive ... more China's Avant-Garde Agrarian Policies Provide Fresh Impetus To Its Biofuel Market 
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 09, 2008China's quest for renewable energy options has opened new avenues for its biofuel market. The country has been intensifying efforts to find suitable solutions to address its energy concerns, and biofuels have emerged as an obvious solution, as they do not exhibit the detrimental climate changing effects associated with fossil fuels. New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Strategic Analysis ... more Gulf Ethanol Central American Mission A Success 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 07, 2008Gulf Ethanol has met with government officials, investors and industry partners in Central America to discuss plans to manufacture biofuels in Central America. Central America has abundant sources of biomass. Negotiations identified a strong demand for biodiesel production in Costa Rica along with available, low cost, feedstock to produce it. "We see this opportunity as a healthy expansion ... more Germany drops plan for auto biofuel
Berlin (AFP) April 4, 2008Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday that Germany would scrap plans to develop auto biofuels because they were not appropriate for millions of vehicles. "We will not do it," Gabriel told the television channel ARD. The VDIK association of foreign automakers said that around 3.3 million vehicles were unable to use the mix of ethanol and traditional petrol that Berlin sought to ... more German auto industry says ready for biofuel ramp-up 
Frankfurt (AFP) April 3, 2008Germany's automakers association played down concerns Thursday that large numbers of cars would be incompatible with a new biofuel mix that the government wants to introduce to cut emissions. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to double the proportion of biofuel in petrol to 10 percent by 2010 as part of the country's efforts to fall in with European Union aims to reduce the bloc's ... more
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